NBCUniversal - Digital Account Executive – NBC5 Dallas

Role Purpose:

NBC5 is looking for a dynamic Digital Account Executive to join our team. The successful candidate will sell our digital product portfolio which provides solutions for businesses to reach a desired audience in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Marketplace. The Digital Account Executive will have strong business development sales experience.

 Essential Responsibilities:

• Sell comprehensive digital solutions to clients, convincing them to advertise in the NBC5 digital product portfolio, overcoming objections and closing long term contractual agreements.
• Prospecting & cold calling
• Partner with Broadcast Sales Team to uncover and close digital business
• Solution/Proposal development & presentation
• Post-sale performance monitoring and capturing up-sell opportunities to achieve sales goals

 Qualifications/Requirements:  

• Minimum 2 years digital media sales experience (display and/or mobile advertising) in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex.
• Bachelors degree
• Proven track record of developing creative solutions for customers' marketing objectives and garnering revenue from non-traditional sources.
• Minimum 1 year of working knowledge with Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Sales skills with a record of attaining or exceeding quotas

 Eligibility Requirements:

• Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV through nbcunicareers.com to be considered (note job#: BR).
• Must be willing to work at the NBC5 location in Fort Worth, Texas, just south of DFW airport
• Must be willing to submit to a background investigation.
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States.
• Must be 18 years or older.
• Must have a valid driver’s license.
• Must be covered by Solutions, NBCU's Alternative Dispute Resolution

Desired Characteristics:

• Degree in marketing, business, or communications
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to successfully apply sales techniques; creative and analytic ability to use information such as demographics and research to make effective and persuasive verbal, written or electronic sales presentations.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to concentrate on priorities under deadline pressure